elogium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ēlogium (“short saying, inscription”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “elegy”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “song, melody”).
Noun edit
elogium (plural elogia or elogiums)
- a eulogy
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Blend of Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “an elegiac distich”) and ē (“out”) + λόγιον (lógion, “the word of an oracle”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈlo.ɡi.um/, [eːˈɫ̪ɔɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈlo.d͡ʒi.um/, [eˈlɔːd͡ʒium]
Noun edit
ēlogium n (genitive ēlogiī or ēlogī); second declension
- short saying or sentence:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ēlogium | ēlogia |
| Genitive | ēlogiī ēlogī1 |
ēlogiōrum |
| Dative | ēlogiō | ēlogiīs |
| Accusative | ēlogium | ēlogia |
| Ablative | ēlogiō | ēlogiīs |
| Vocative | ēlogium | ēlogia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
References edit
- “elogium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “elogium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elogium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- elogium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the epitaph: elogium in sepulcro incisum
- the epitaph: elogium in sepulcro incisum
- “elogium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- elogium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016